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Boosted by Rockets, a B-29 Leaps from the Runway
This photograph from Army Air Forces Proving Ground at Eglin Field, Florida, shows how rocket
assisted take-off is used to get a heavily loaded bomber into the air when the field is too short for a
normal run. The method is known in the Air Forces as "Jato" (jet-assisted take-off).
U. S. Air Techllcal Service (omnlian( , Otlicial
With Buzz Bombs a Flying Fortress Launches a One-two Punch
Flying bombs of the German V-1 type were launched experimentally by American aircraft, although
the abrupt end of the war prevented their use against the enemy. Some of the V-l's that blasted London
were launched by the Germans from airplanes, while others began their deadly flight to London from ramps
near the Continent's coast. The AAF puts its familiar star insignia even on its flying bombs (page 175).
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